Post Tagged with: "Europe"

A guide to Motorail trains in Europe: Taking your car by train

by 12 April 2009 in Fun Comments are Disabled

An idea for another time: What is Motorail?  Normal passenger trains dont carry cars or motorbikes, just passengers and sometimes bicycles.  However, special Motorail trains carry cars & motorbikes using car transporters attached to the back or front of the train.  These run on a limited number of holiday routes, […]

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Zauchensee Panorama

by 5 April 2009 in Natural world, Fun, Photography, Technology, Top Tips Comments are Disabled

Inspired by the documentation for Wee Planets, I created this panorama with Hugin, an outstanding tool for aligning, joining, blending and correcting images. I simply followed the installation instructions and threw six relatively carelessly-taken photos at it to obtain this result. It was reported as a “very bad fit” by […]

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Feasible Easter skiing?

by 3 April 2009 in Fun, Photography Comments are Disabled

Wanderung 37, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. The runs in this shot are presently closed, but covered in snow, horrible melting snow. If the temperature drops and a little snow falls, an Easter ski here may yet be feasible.

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Dachstein ice palace, inside the glacier

by 31 March 2009 in Fun, Photography Comments are Disabled

Dachstein ice palace, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. The ice sculpture in the Dachstein Ice Palace is remarkable. With its dark blue glacier ice, this Grecian scene was simply beautiful. The figures from Ice Age were stunning, particularly the Mammoth: Ice Mammoth in the Dachstein glacier, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. The […]

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